Re: Ableton with Mobius: realistic system requirements?

[Daniel Thomas <danielthomas4@mac.com>]

Any motherboard processor combination > 2 ghz will do nicely.  But plan on 
an minimum 4 gb of ram for stable performance on a stage.  
Good luck with it.
Daniel 



On Mar 8, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Akraf Emaho wrote:

> Hello people,
>  
> I've recently started exploring both Mobius and Ableton, with a view to 
>eventually putting together a live act (prob a duo) playing acoustic, 
>looped, Abletonised music.  A kind of "acoustic house" you could call it. 
> Having read Rick's legendary percussion post and attached thread, I'm 
>planning on doing everything live with no canned loops to really get a 
>sense of fun and intimacy going on.  The idea is to create the most 
>funky, danceable, joyous vibe possible from just two mediocre musos and a 
>laptop!!! :)
>  
> Anyway: the present problem.  My Pentium 4 2.66Ghz with 768MB of RAM 
>can't handle Live 8 at all.  I'm looking to upgrade it cheaply - I was 
>thinking maybe a second-hand Athlon x2 with motherboard from eBay (about 
>£40-£50 total).  This would allow me to get 2+GB of DDR2, possibly free 
>from a friend.  The present motherboard will only take the much more 
>expensive DDR flavour, which would be incompatible with any future 
>upgrades anyway.
>  
> Will this be enough to run Ableton synced with Mobius while using 
>effects, warping, groove engine etc in Ableton?  I just need enough power 
>to allow experimentation and writing/arranging some songs for this format 
>for now. 
>  
> Later on I can cross the bridge of needing a super-powerful laptop for 
>the actual live performances.  There's also the issue of an audio 
>interface, but again that can wait for now: this will be done one 
>painfully expensive step at a time! 
>  
> Akraf
>  
>